Improvement in fences



M. WHITNEY. Pence.

No. 214,859. Patented April 29, I879.

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MORDEOAI WHITNEY, OF MUNOIE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,859, dated April29, 1879; application filed July 30, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Monnnonr WHITNEY, of Muncie, in the county ofDelaware and State of Indiana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Fence and Panel Supports, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to support a fence, and at the same timeprevent the bars forming the panels from warping 0r twisting.

My invention consists of the new construction, arrangement, andcombination of devices for supporting a fence and panel, as will behereinafter fully set forth and described.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference in thedifferent figures indicate like parts, Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview of my improved fence and panel support. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe adjustable bar-retaining post in position on the bars. Fig. 3 is avertical cross-section of the fence, showing the manner in which it isattached to the bracket-support and the bars supported.

A represents the bracket, which is provided with a perpendicular flange,B, and braced by the rib p, as shown.

The fence-post is composed of two boards, D D. The board D is shorterthan the board D, and the upper bars, E E, lap together at the top ofthe board D, and are securely fastened to the board D, as shown. Thebars F and G pass through and are secured between the boards D D. Thepost D D is securely bolted to the flange B of the bracket A by bolts 0,as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The adjustable bar-retaining post H is provided with openings 0 on oneside, and each of these openings is provided with a notch, 1", above,with a downward projection or hook, 'r, in front, thus forming a recessor clamp to hold the bars and prevent them from warping or twisting, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The bar-retaining clamp H being adjustable can be moved to any part ofthe panel where the bars are inclined to warp, and hold the panel inline between the posts, thereby permitting the fence-panel to be made oflong bars, and supported with a less number of posts than heretofore.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A fence-panel supported by posts D D, attached to brackets A, havingflange B, provided with the adjustable bar-retaining clamp H,substantially as shown and described.

2. The adjustable bar-retaining clamp H, having openings in one side toreceive the bars of a panel, and provided with a recess, 4*, and book1", whereby the bars are held in said clamp and prevented from warpingor twisting, substantially as set forth and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORDEGAI WHITNEY.

Witnesses E. O. FRINK, GEORGE BENNETT.

